People around looked at the things poured out of the bag and exclaimed.
"Sand, stones... shouldn't there be food in it? What's going on?"
No one expected that the contents of these carts were not grain and grass at all, but sand mixed with stones.
Anger arose in everyone's hearts, and they pointed at Hou Shixian and cursed.
"Thankfully we spoke for him just now. It turns out that he actually used sand instead of grain and wanted to send it to the border!"
"That's right, just now I blamed Shilang Shen. Hou Shixian is really shameless. He says he thinks about the soldiers at the border, but what he does behind the scenes is unconscionable."
"The Hou family has been in the grain and grass business for so many years. Have they always been substituting inferior products for good ones? Our soldiers at the border have been wronged..."
"Hey, if it hadn't been for Mr. Shen, we would still have been kept in the dark."
The target of crusade has changed from Shen Yanqing to Hou Shixian. With sand as evidence, he can't even try to quibble.
The Royal Forest Army checked all the grain and fodder in one hundred carriages, and found that forty carriages were filled with sand. Although Hou Shixian covered the surface with rice, he could find out that it was sand just by digging inside.
"Take people away!"
When Hou Shixian did such a stupid thing, the Hou family was completely ruined.
"Sir, I was wronged..."
Hou Shixian was dragged by the imperial guards, crying and howling all the time. The people from the Liu Mansion mingled in the crowd, and when they saw his appearance, they narrowed their eyes and turned back to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
The leader of the Royal Forest Army stood behind Shen Yanqing and spoke in a low voice.
"Sir, do you want to chase me?"
Behind Hou Shixian is Prime Minister Liu. As long as they catch that person, they will have a witness.
"No need, he's just a little guy and can't be of any use."
Prime Minister Liu is very cautious and will never let others take advantage of him. They have no evidence that Hou Shixian was instigated by Prime Minister Liu to do shoddy things. Even if they catch that person, it will be useless.
However, the Hou family fell and lost a huge financial source, and the Prime Minister's Office also had to work hard.
In the Hou Mansion, Mrs. Hou's natal family came.
She and Hou Shixian had previously agreed to marry Hou Yuanyuan, and today they called her mother-in-law's sister-in-law.
Mrs. Hou's maiden name was Tian, and the person she wanted to marry Hou Yuanyuan was her sister-in-law's concubine. The concubine had difficulty in giving birth, and the child's head was clamped during delivery, which made him mentally retarded.
Sister-in-law Tian never took care of this bastard, and the Tian family regarded him as a stain and kept him locked in the yard and never let him out.
When they heard that Mrs. Hou was planning to marry this fool, the Tian family was shocked, but Sister-in-law Tian came to their door after handing over the message.
"Little sister, do you really want the eldest lady to marry the second oldest?"
Even if it is the wife of the first wife, she is from the Hou family. The Tian family is just an ordinary family. They rely on the Hou family to make their fortune. They have never thought of marrying a wife from the Hou family. The more Sister-in-law Tian thinks about it, the more bitter she becomes. How come such a marriage is not her turn? What a fool, you have to know that the eldest son of her family is not engaged yet.
"Well, the age difference between the two of them is just right. Isn't the second child not engaged yet? Isn't it a good idea to marry Yuanyuan?"
Then there is definitely no engagement, who wants to marry a fool.
"You haven't decided about your biological nephew yet. Why don't you tell the eldest lady to Mingyuan?"
Tian Mingyuan is Sister-in-law Tian’s biological son.
Mrs. Hou glanced at her with a sharp look.
"Mingyuan has a bright future. In the future, he can marry any young lady from an official family. Yuanyuan is not worthy of her. You don't have to make any blind calculations. She won't marry anyone except the second child."
Mrs. Hou was not willing to arrange a good marriage with Hou Yuanyuan. That fool was the most suitable for her. As long as she thought of Qin's daughter becoming the wife of the fool, she felt comfortable.
"Hey, I listen to my little sister."
Mrs. Hou was resolute, and Sister-in-law Tian did not dare to disobey her. They took out their respective Geng Tie cards and were about to change them. Suddenly a group of people broke in from outside the door.
"Where does your eldest wife live?"
Wu Yue rushed in with the guards of the Shen family and the Qin family, caught a maid, and asked her. The maid was shocked, how come someone could break in to such a good person.
"Wantless, who are you?"
Mrs. Hou heard the commotion and came out of the house. Seeing Wu Yue and others holding swords in their hands, her face turned pale with fright.
Jiang Miao and shopkeeper Qin fell behind and saw this scene as soon as they entered the courtyard.
"Wu Yue, take people to the side courtyard, where Yuanyuan lives."
She asked the secret guards to check, so she knew a lot about the Hou family. Shopkeeper Qin was worried about his daughter, so he wanted to follow her. Mrs. Hou was angry and scared when she saw that it was Jiang Miao's person, but after all, it was her own family, and Jiang
Even if Miao is the princess, there is no reason to break into private houses.
"Shouldn't the princess give the common woman an explanation?"
The guards of the Hou family couldn't stop them at all, Wu Yue had already broken in with shopkeeper Qin.
Jiang Miao stood in front of Mrs. Hou and said, "Of course I will take Yuanyuan away."
"Yuanyuan is the daughter of our Hou family. Why do you take people away? The princess breaks into private houses and robs people. This means that breaking the sky is to suppress people with power. You are not afraid of civilian women going to complain to you in front of the emperor.
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Hou Shixian used this reason to stop Jiang Miao last time. Mrs. Hou followed suit, with a proud expression on her face.
Sister-in-law Tian didn't know Jiang Miao, but when she saw Mrs. Hou dared to compete with the princess, she was filled with admiration and was even more willing to enter into this marriage.
"That is, Yuanyuan is the daughter-in-law of our Tian family, and none of you can take her away."
Although she hasn't changed her gender title yet, Sister-in-law Tian has already acquiesced that Hou Yuanyuan is that fool's wife.
"What wife?"
Jiang Miao frowned, when did Yuanyuan say they were engaged, and it was still early for a ten-year-old girl to get married.
"Hmph! I am Yuanyuan's aunt, and I will also be her mother-in-law in the future. If the princess wants to take her away, our Tian family will also go to the government to sue you!"
Sister-in-law Tian pretended to be powerful and had the courage to challenge Jiang Miao.
Jiang Miao also guessed at this moment that Mrs. Hou was afraid that Hou Yuanyuan would break away from their control after getting married and get to know Shopkeeper Qin, so she made an early engagement with her husband.
If Jiang Miao was disgusted with the Hou family before, now she is disgusting. From his wife to his daughter, they are all plotting against her, even their own flesh and blood. What kind of tigers, leopards and wolves are they.
Jiang Miao's face suddenly darkened, and a bloodthirsty smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"Okay, you can go if you want, but...if you still have your life."
"What do you mean? Does the princess want to silence you?"
Mrs. Hou was shocked, Jiang Miao was too lazy to pay attention to her. Mrs. Hou wanted to ask again, but she saw the housekeeper come in in a panic, out of breath when talking, and his face turned pale.
"Madam, it's not good, our master has been arrested, and the officers and soldiers are coming towards our house!"
"What, the master was arrested. Was it the princess's instigation?"
Mrs. Hou was so frightened that her legs went weak and she pointed her finger at Jiang Miao beside her.
The steward shook his head, "The grain and grass delivered by the master were shoddy and were found to be of good quality by the Imperial Forest Army!"
